Land Use Data for Latitude 57.75 Longitude 23.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Ruhnu

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.